Junior Lawyer of the Year 2012

Winner

Myles Jackman, Hodge Jones Allen
Myles Jackman has been nominated for Junior Lawyer of the Year on the basis of his outstanding work on obscenity law. His work has been instrumental in challenging the legal framework in which sexual morality is represented. He has acted in a number of high profile cases, and provides extensive pro bono support for sexual liberty and freedom of expression charity Backlash.

Highly commended

Kevin Timms, Garden House Solicitors
Kevin Timms has a busy injury practice, focused on product liability. As a trainee, he developed his firm's product liability department, and has gone on to join the claimant steering committee for the faulty PIP breast implant group litigation order. In this capacity he served multi-party proceedings in the High Court, while still a trainee solicitor.

Shortlisted

Omolarami Ayodeji, Duncan Lewis
Trainee solicitor Omolarami Ayodeji is a tireless advocate for the community. She has been nominated for her professionalism and enthusiasm in her coordination of community projects, her work on tenants' rights and her support for victims of domestic violence.

Michael Cain, Russell Jones & Walker
In the three years since his admission, Michael Cain has acted in high profile collective employment and public law matters in the tribunal and senior courts. He has been nominated for his dedication to his practice, and his imaginative flair as a claimant litigator.

Hanna Campbell, HorseSolicitor
Trainee solicitor Hanna Campbell set up a niche equine practice, HorseSolicitor. Through her determined efforts the practice has grown over the past year, acting in veterinary and solicitors' negligence claims, and personal injury claims including catastrophic brain injury. She writes a legal column for Your Horse magazine.

Matthew Townsend, Fulbright & Jaworski
Matthew Townsend is a young lawyer committed to promoting Chinese-British legal relations. A Mandarin-speaking dispute resolution specialist at his firm's Beijing offices, Matthew is also co-founder and director of the Chinese British Law Institute, which promotes grassroots understanding between the legal professions of the two countries.

Michael Wolstencroft, Roberts Jackson
Michael Wolstencroft leads his firm's Noise Induced Hearing Loss team, practising in industrial disease matters. He works with complex post and pre-issue matters, including asbestos-related disease. As a specialist, he trains firm staff, and provides comprehensive advice to stakeholders on this complex field.